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6 July, 2021, 11:56 am
femLINK Pacific executive director Susan Grey speaks during a CSO COVID-19 Humanitarian Response Media Conference in Lautoka. Picture: REINAL CHAND/FT FILE
The Fiji Civil Society Organisations Alliance for COVID-19 Humanitarian Response is calling on Government to release disaggregated data to assist them provide an effective response to those impacted by COVID-19.
femLINKpacific executive director Susan Grey said their work was made difficult without data.
“We just note the lack of disaggregated data for us from the Government to make interventions, to help with support for civil societies and women’s organisations,” she said.
“We support diverse women and girls, we need to see that data, the impact, say for instance, the cases that we hear Dr Fong announce, there is no data that basically breaks it down.
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Here’s a look at some of the headlines in the Wednesday edition of The Fiji Times – March 17.
NEWS:
Levuka villagers speak on Police Bill
LEVUKA villagers have called on the Defence Ministry to ensure the draft Police Bill 2020 is translated into a language ordinary Fijians can understand. They also requested the Bill be translated in the iTaukei language and disseminated to villages. The consultation processes too, they said, should be held in villages and not urban areas.
There’s more on Pages 2 and 3.
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Be vigilant
NATIONAL Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad says the public must remain vigilant despite assurances by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama that the draft Police Bill would not reach Parliament in its current form.